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Blue Jay-Good Friday Mines (Blue Jay Good Friday Mines), Sycamore Canyon, Helvetia, Helvetia-Rosemont District, Santa Rita Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA

Latitude: 31°52'58"N
Longitude: 110°46'18"W
Ref.: Dunham, M.S. (1937) Geology of the Blue Jay mine area, Helvetia, Arizona: Tucson, University of Arizona, M.S. thesis, 43 p.

USGS Sahuarita Quadrangle topo map.

Arizona Bureau of Mines file data, circa 1973.

MRDS database Dep. ID file #10210236, MRDS ID #M0500030, MAS ID #0040190133; and, Dep. ID #10304713, MAS ID #0040190997.

A former surface and underground pair of Ag-Au-W-Cu-Pb mines located in W-central sec. 12, T18S, R15E. Discovered 1881. Operated 1881-1939. Active in 1992 for underground exploration. Taggert and Drunzer had unspecified involvement here (1939). Owned and operated by Bob Knox (1992).

1881-1939: 21 oz/t Ag, 1 oz/t Au, + Pb 2300 tons.

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Acanthite
Anthophyllite
Cerussite
Chlorargyrite
'Copper Stain'
Galena
var: Argentiferous Galena

Gold
Pyrite
Quartz
Scheelite


10 entries listed. 8 valid minerals.

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